Everything

  • Depression

    Have you ever just done something, partially on a whim, and just felt instant relief? I feel that today as I decided that going back to school right now isn’t what is best for me. As much as I want to finish my degree, my life isn’t in a place where it’s doable for me. Read more

  • Morning Coffee and Audiobooks

    If you would have told me today I would be sipping my morning coffee while listening to an audiobook, I would have laughed. I don’t like audiobooks because I don’t always pay attention to them. If I do listen to them, I’m probably on a road trip, not sitting at work. But this isn’t an Read more

  • Bad Days

    I realized that I missed Thursday’s poem. Thursday was a really rough day for me. My mental health is on shaky ground at the moment. For whatever reason, I just can’t seem to have more than a few good days at a time. It doesn’t help that my therapist is on vacation and so I Read more

  • The Person I See

    Considering the last 20 months of my life, I’m pretty happy just to be here. But having the last week to mostly unplug outside of my life at work has kinda given me some perspective. I seem to be continuing to be who people expect me to be. Instead of being who I want to Read more

  • Worth

    I’ve spent a lot of time these last 7 weeks thinking about worth. Specifically, what my worth is to the company I work for. Not to the people I work with, but the company as a whole. Because there is a stark difference between asking the company, and the leadership, to show how much they Read more

  • Emptiness

    Have you ever woken up and just felt completely off? And I don’t mean like woken up and you feel sick, but just off. Emotionally, you just feel off. It’s an odd feeling, and usually, I can figure out why. But today I’m not all that sure. It is just a day where it feels Read more